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A brutal weapon asks you to reroll damage dice that are equal or lower in number to the weapon's brutal rating.

So a Brutal 3 Scythe automatically deals 8 damage on a hit. (As each d4 is rerolled until a 4 appears)

Make it Vorpal (L30 enchantment)

Whenever you roll the maximum result on any damage die for this weapon, roll that die again and add the additional result to the damage total. If a reroll results in another maximum damage result, roll it again and keep adding

And your Brutal 3 Vorpal Scythe does infinite damage on every hit.

So every hit is an auto kill (barring any defensive funkyness) and so is a weapon worth of being weilded by Death

The concept of death as a sentient
entity has existed in many societies
since the beginning of history. In
English, Death is often given the name
Grim Reaper and, from the 15th century
onwards, came to be shown as a
skeletal figure carrying a large
scythe and clothed in a black cloak
with a hood.

I understand the cultural references to Death as wielding a scythe in the guise of the grim reaper, I just want to know why this specific weapon design, is referred to as Death's Scythe.
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MirroredFateJul 1 '11 at 21:38